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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

things, but did not desire to say anything
exhaustive about military offenders and their
punishment Examination of the revised
statutes would be best for that.
"All the prisoners here" he said, shave
committed minor offerses"
allow many have your
~ don't know.n
Prisoners here are from any part of the
army in this section, the general informed u.s.
The largest military prison is Fort Leaven-
worth and a third place is at San Francisco,
but for crimes soldiers are sent to the peni-
tentiaries.
Brooklyn is about the same distance from
Governors Island that New York is, but the
former is not favored with any mode Of
reaching the military stronghold without
crossing to New York. The Indian name for
Governors Island was Pagganek, afterward
called Hutton Island by the early settlers, from
the hutS that were located here by the Dutch
colonists. In some way it became plot of
ground for the use of the successive gov
ernors, hence its present name, In lf15 for
tifcations were begun, but they were of little
consequence The British garriSoned the
island under Gen. Howe. Governor Clinton
leased it in 1854, and a hotel and race course
was built upon it, In 1894 eS0,000 was de-
voted TO improving the Notifications, ana at
one time the students of Columbia college
worked in body on the Notifications. In
1906 Fort Joy was replaced by the present
fertilization, Fort Columbus. In 1911 Castle
William was completed. That it should he
succeeded in turn by something modern and
substantial there is no doubt.
CLARENCE CHADWICK.
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"Little" Emmie-Welght $40
Pounds,
COMMUNICATIONS The Statesman.

CONTAMINATION The Statesman.
Not long ago, IN a charming little gath
ering of oongenial few, during the
course OF conversation it became sub
iect of comment as to why 1t was that
men, from time immemorial, in thinking,
and sometimes in referring to the chief
object of their affections, nearly always
associate with that object the diminutive
term of endearment as expressed by the
word "little." By way of illustrating this
noticeable fact a smart, elderly gentleman
in the gathering, quite small in stature
himself, related the following apropos in
cident: Gan American by the name of
Smith was travelling in Europe for his
health, when he met with an American
newspaper correspondent, and they trav-
eled for some months together. Mr..
Smith received frequent letters from his
wife, who was in this country, and whom
he always spoke of to his friend as "Lit-
tie Emmie." In all his letters to his wife
he had something to say about his
travelling companion, and 1t was
not long before the newspaper
correspondent and "Little Emmie" had
become great friends through the hus
bands letters, and "Little Emmie's" re-
Dll69s Tludliy1 WuOh uhcoo BohtAOhhOh AZ
turned to America, Mr.. Smith, who lived
in one of the western cities, exacted q
promise from his newspaper friend, who
lived in New York, that If he ever came
west he must be sure to visit him, and that
"Little Emmie" would be more than de-
lighted to meet him. Not many months
afterwards he paid the promised visit,
and, on going up to the house with Mr..
Smith, expecting to meet diminutive
duck of a wife, to his amaZement he found
Little Emmie" to be hale and hearty
lady nearly six feet in height and weigh
ing about 800 pounds. OF course, he
spent most delightfully."- amusing day
with his friend and Little Emmie," but
soon after leaving he could not but cogi-
tlte upon the fact that, with nearly all
me !, no matter how large the chief object
of the affections are, they always attach
the endeariug term of "little" to that pre-
cious object, and he, thereupon, composed
the following charming lines upon this
subject: l don't think he sent Little
Emmie" a copy of them, however,.
| Little Martin boxes of homes ar generally the
| most happy and cosy.
| Little villages are nearer to being atoms OF
| shattered paradise than anything we know Of
Little fortunes bring most content and little
hopes the least disappointment.
| Little words are the sweetest TO hear.
Little charities fly farthest and stay longest on
the wing.
Little lakes are the stilest, little hear the full
est and little farms the best TILED.
| Little books are the most read and Iittle songs
the most sung.
| And when nature would make anything especially
rare and beautiful she makes It lite-lttle pearls,
little diamonds, little dews
Just as the bright little old gentleman
finished repeating the above, he laugh
ingly added "and Little Me-" He has been
called "Little Me" ever since.
UNo -CoRTEs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21
ueroes and Heroines.

There are few who endure bodily troubles
without complaint. Did you ever meet
among the heroes and herolnes OF your ac-
one with yellowish cast of cOuntenance and
that jaundfced aspect generally, which the
most unpractised eye. recognizes as the pro-
duct of a disordered liver, who did not COM
plain, and peevishly too, OF the soreness of
the recalcitrant organ, of pains beneath the
right shoulder blade, ofdyspeptic symptoms,
constipation and headache? of course you
never did, and of course the individual was
NOT using Hostetter's Stomach Bltters, or he
would not so have looked--so have COM
planned. To purify the blood when contain.
mated with bile, and conduct the secretion
into its proper channel, to re-establlsh regn-
larity of the bowels, Danish bilious headache
and remove impediments to complete dlges-
ton, nothing can approach in efficacy this
peerless Alternative and tonic. Malarlal com
plaints, ALWAYS involving the liver and kid
ney and bladder inactivity, are remedied by
it.. 1t is capital appetizer.
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Give Them a Chance!

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very wonder
full machinery it is. Not only the larger
air-passages, but the thousands of little
tubes and cavities leading from them.
When these are clogged and choked with
matter which ought not to be there, your
lungs cannot half do their work. And what
they do, they cannot do we'll.
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any of the family
of throat and nose and head and lung OBJ
structions, all are bad. All ought to be
got rid of. There is just one sure way to
get rid of them. That is to take Boschee's
German Syrup, which any druggist will
sell you at IS cents bottle. Even if
everything else has failed you, you may
depend upon this for certain.
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A CHALLENGE.

To Nose Harris, Eco, Editor Of the Evening Dis
patch
Inasmuch as you have been trying, for
some days, to get Others to speak against
mo on tho prohibition question, here
and now publicly challenge you to meet
me in joint debate, at such time and place
as you may name, during this week, or at
any time before the 4th of August, il 1t is
not convenient for you to appear on the
stump within the next seven days-I to
open and close, and an equal allowance
of time to be given to each of us. You
to speak for, and l to speak against, the
proposed prohibition amendment.
Very Respectfully,
NAT Q. HENDERSON.
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The New York Tribune follows in the
wake of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, and criticses the president for re-
ferring to Missouri as southern state.
Neither of our distinguished contempt
raries read the presidents letter with suf-
fcient care to see that, in speaking Of
Missouri as southern state, he was sim
ply quoting from the letter OF invitation.
1t takes man with a bullying brow to
edit republican organ in times like
thgaa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

knocked vigorously without response, then
pounded-still no responsibility tapping
with my cane. A girl on the lawn taking In
washing then started on the run, calling vo-
ciferously to a second girl within the house,
who finally conducted us TO the general in
cheerful room in the left wing. Gen. Scho-
field is apparently informal and engaging,
rubicund, stout, with gray hair and white
side whiskers "We could have carried away
all your possessions" said, when he Incl
dentally spoke Of s1e delay. "They would
not have made you wealthy" be replied.
The general chatted easily about various
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21
PECULIAR

In the combination, proportion and prep.
aration of it's ingredients, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla accompanies cures where other
preparations entirely fail. Peculiar in its
good name at home, which is tower of
strength abroad" peculiar in the phe-
nomenal sales 1t has attained, Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the most successful medicine
for purifying the blood, giving strength,
and creating an appetite.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

The executrix of the estate of Herman
Schmidt (deceased), has determined and
agreed to sell the Pearl House saloon for
the benefit of the creditors of the estate,
before October 1, 1887. This is a chance
to get good stand, fixtures in good Or
der and we'll patronized, at Low Low
price. Everybody wishing good stand call
andsee for yourselves. See two-bit column.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

The costliest alligator is said TO bring,
this year, 5000. If the Grand Army Of
the Republic will only let things alone
the southern states will soon show up
their resources.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

Philadelphian takes an entire half
column TO write about superiority in Ian
guage. II We are to adopt the Philadel-
phia idea Of breyity, the paper mills will
all get rich.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

MARRIED-On Tuesday evening, July
II, at the brides residence IN this city, by
Rev. DIR. L. B. Wright, Mr.. Oscar Rhode
and Mrs. A. Burlage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

The president should pay no further
attention TO st. Louis, but come TO Louis
vile. Perhaps we would let him open one
of our new parks.-CourierJo Journal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

Governor Proctor Knott declined
Fourth OF July invitation to visit Duluth,
his "zenith city of the unsalted seas"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's eye water. Druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

When everything else fails, DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy cures.
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new town-"an Eastern edition" of
Pullman, Ills to be built by the New
York, New Haven q Hartford railroad
company Hbetween Bridgeport and New
Haven.
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Bookkeeping and Physical Culture.
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for the entire Session of months.
For full particulars apply to the Principal for
Catalogue.
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1000 yards, but the attraction is, in
measure, an exclusive one, for the
government boat is the only one
that is allowed to land on that sa-
cred soil, sixty two acres in all, adj
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21
A Visit Paid to Castle viii lam, the
Tumble Down Fort on the Isle-Mili'
tary Prisoners Who Have Committed
Small Offcnses-Reticence of Soldiers.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, July II.

T least one interesting
summer excursion can
be made from here with
out expense, for the little
government stea IN er
bobbing up and down at
the Battery will carry
one thence to Governors
Island without charge.
Tho dictance is only
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
Gen. Lcc's Advice TO Young Wives.

[Advance Sheets OF Mrs. Hancock IS Book
"HoW we'll l remember Gen. Robert
r. Lee, then major, who was sta
toned there at that time: lie was the
beau ideal OF IL soldier and gentle
man. When bidding us goodby and
God speed upon tho eve Of our depart
ure no said to me: Il understand that
you contemplate doserting your post.
which is by your husbands side, and
that you arc not going to Califor-
mia with him. If you will pardon mo,
l should like to give you q little al
vice. You must not think Of doing
this. AS one considerably older than
Hancock, and having had greater en-
perience, 1 consider il fatal to the fu-
ture happiness Of young married peo-
pie upon small provicatior to live
apart, either for short or long time.
The result is invariably that they cease
TO he essential to each ether. Now,
promise me that yon will not permit
| him to sail without you.
"The sequel shows how faithfully
/ sought to follow that noble admoni-
ton, and how after, in my varied ex-
pefiencc, l had occasion TO transmit 10
others his disintercsted, truthful con-
victions. With many regrets we bado
adieu to n host of friends, most OF
whom l never saw again. Not so
with my husband, however. He met
them face to face on tho battlefield in
less than three years."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
PHOTOGRAPHED by LIGHTNING.
A Cat Pictured In silhouette on the
Esutd PNtc of II Michigan Mnu.

Mich.) Special Chicago Tribuno.l
A curious electric phenomenon Is re-
ported from Fayette township; Hills
dale county. Thursday evening
lively thunder. shower passed over that
region, during which tho play Of
lightning was peculiarly frequent and
vivid. Just before the storm broke
Amos j. Briggs, n farmer living mid.
way between uillsdale and Johnson
vile, who Is quite bald, his head being
smooth and shiny, went into his back
yard to frfghten away some cats that
were fighting on the woodpile. So in
tent were they on exterminating one
another as TO allow Farmer Biggs to
approach within few feet Of them.
AT the same instant there was great
crush, and an electric bolt struck the
wOod-pile, scattering 1t and stifYening
the cats in an intouse rigor mortis.
Aside from prickIy sensation and
Bfggs experienced no unpleasant
effects. Tho full passed down his
body, tore the works of his watch TO
pieces, breaking the cover, ripped his
left trousers leg from top to bottom,
and burst his left boot, tearing the up.
per clear from the sole. When he en-
tered the house his wife tainted. Un-
concious Of the cause the farmer has.
tened 10 her TO. The first words she
uttered, "Oh, Amos, the devil has set
his mark on you" excited his curios-
ity, and Inc looked I'm tho glass and
found tho image OF "A black cat photo
graphed in silhouette on his bald front.
The cats "wbiskers," teeth, and even
the hairs on its toll were produced
with exquisite minuteness. Curiosity
being satisfied, they tried to remove the
obnoxious marking, using such homlie
remedies as soapsuds and securing
bricks, vinegar and ashes, ETC., but to
no purpose. However, in the morn-
ing the picture was much faded, ond
by noon it had quite disappeared.
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THE ITALIAN METHOD.
The Caiabr,un Custom to Redress Il
-."' .''."s =. % Wrong. 'l'.s o. .rtt.H .
JBoston Advertiser.l

Probably for the first, time in the
history OF the italian colony Of Provi-
dencc, r. l., an Old Caiabrian custom
was carried out last evening with all
the solennity which the peasantry of
that section of Italy attach to the GUS
toms of their forefathers.
just between. Mantou and Dyeryilte
lives Giuseppe Carotta, tweuty-seven
years OF age, a day laborer, who has
been in the country about five years.
Just previous to his departure from
Italy Carotta married q young girl
named Annunziata Purpera, whom he
had known since childhood. During
their residence in this country Carotta
and his wife lived happily together
until about one month ago, when the
husband began to suspect that the wife
was not true to her marriage vows. He
kept close watch, and finally his sus-
picions were verified beyond q doubt.
Instead of seeking the man who had
dishonored him with q razor or knife,
Carotta formally notified the relatives
Of his wife-they having followed her
to this country-of the circumstances,
and invited them to a family council.
This council took place last evening
at Carotta's residence and there were
present his two brothers and one cousin,
his wife's father and mother and her
two brothers, besides two intimate
friends Of The family to act as arbitra-
tors. When all were assembled, the
wife was summoned, aud questioned
by her father upon the statements
made by her husband. She began to
cry, and confessed that her conduct
had not been that Of a true and loving
wife, but denied having commttted
any criminal act. The husband in the
meantime said nothing, and the rest
Of the persons present were equally
silent, After the wife had told her
story she retired, and the husband aud
his brothers formally requested the
father to take back his daughter, as by
| her own confession she was not worthy
| longer to remain with her husband.
Tho decision being ustained by the
arbitrators, the unhappy father made
no objections, and a few minutes later
the once-happy wife left her husbands 8
| house accompanied by her relatives,
with whom she will hencef0rth live.
! This custom, though very common
in the south of Italy, is rarely practiced
abroad, yet none of the Calabrian pea
SAINTS would think of contesting the
legality of such a family council and
divorce proceedings, provided there
was evidence of wrong-doing upon the
part of a wife. Iwr
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had James & McGiuty not been given
a monopoly the 2,143, 600 yards con-
structed while act So was in operation
would have, cost $79,33l less money
than the State paid. The contract
which Governor Me Emery signed, there
fore, put SIS, ,23i In the pockets of the
Penitentfary Ring and deprived the
levee fund of that amount. .'G aa
2 If that is sound levee policy, which
the people of the State are called upon
to indorse, we shall be very much sur
prised If there Is not a negative re,
sponse. ni'st AIS ,I-it g-a.a ~
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
Treatment Of Dyscntcry.

In a correspondence from Bombay,
DIR. G. MacCowaIl, physician IN tho
British army of East India, speaks
with great enthusiasm OF the treat
ment OF dysentery by ipecac,tonha.
Like other friends of this treatment,
such as Decker, Ewart, Cunningham
Maluu, etc, he says that it is almost a
specific, renders the disease easy to c,D'e,
and 2,rre',ts the complication most
feared, 4 G., heratic suppuration. But
ne emphasizes, particularly, that "the
remedy he given carly in the disease,
at the proper time, and in tho proper
manner" The principles of the treat-
ment are; !. To give a ia'Ye dose OF
ipccac, 1T hcast thirty grains for an
adult.
2. To prepare the stomach to accept
and retain such large dose by about
twenty drops Of laudanum an ho,n' be.
fore giving the ipecac; also the ap-
rl!catiou of sinapism over the stom-
ach, and tp administer the ipecac in
the form of large pills, not in solution
1t must also be given at night Mt the
time OF going to sleep, s'eue'' m The
mOr?ti,tg, and not during tic day, and no
Hquid is to be taken after the dose has
been given.
Sometimes the patient vomits lit.
tie mucu5 toward the morning hours,
but The greater portion of tho remedy
has by that time been absorbed. This
treatment must be renewed every
night, and usually the Improvement is
marked by the third morning, OF
sooner; blood, mucus, pain, all three
having disappeared. a disease which
formerly made us despair now has lost
its terror to us.
The opium may be substituted by q
hypodermic injection of the morphia.
Bismuth subnftrat may be given dure
ing the day. Small doses Of fpecac are
| more than useless; they have been
tried in India for over two centuries
without lessening the mortality in
dysentry. Since more than twenty
| years the above has been adopted as
almost The only treatment in British
! India, and has given tho beat results
--Pog,'cE Mo'icnl
TuE TELEGRAPH One dollar pc
year.
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4 " 4 UTUMN IDYL.

A DEMOCRAT
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A Grcat Bell for Cologne Cathedral.

An official notice has been published
of the great bell for the Cathedral OF
Cologne, the solemn Inauguration OF
which took place some days ago with
great pomr. The bell weighs 81 900
kilOs., or about 26 tons 13 cwt. The
clapper alone weighs 500 kilos., or
nearly 154 cwt. Its perpendicular
height Is almost IA feet; its diameter
at the mouth nearly III feet. Twenty
two cannOns taken from the French
were assigned by the Emperor William
for Its manufacture; 5000 kilos. Of tin
were added. 1t was cast by Andreas
Hamm, Of F'rankentha1, and 81 900 IN
FL ,O5O) were paid for the casting. 1t
will be known as tho Kaiserglocke,
or Emperor's bell; and as the two
other large bells In the cathedral bear
the cpithet5 respectively of pretiosa
(precious) and Speciosa (bcautifuD
this one is styled Gloriosa. 1t bears
above an inscription recording that
''William, the most august Emperor
of the Germans aud King of the Prus-
slams, mindful of the heavenly help
granted to him whereby he conducted
the late French war TO PROSPEROUS
issue, and restored the German empire,
caused cannons taken from the French
to be devoted to founding bell to be
hung in the wonderful cathedral then
approaching completion" A likeness
OF ST. Peter, the name patron Of the
church, is on the side, beneath which
is quatrain in the style of the medi;c-
val conceits, praying that, as devout
hearts rise heavenward at hearing the
sound of the bell, SO may the door
keeper OF heaven open wide the gates
Of the celestial mansion. On the
opposite side is inscribed sestet in
German, OF which the translation is:
81 am called tho emperor'a boil;
proclaim the emperor's honor:
On the holy watch tower am placed
] pray for tho German empire,
That peace and protection
| God may over grant 10 it,"
! phc bell was solemnly blessed in ths
cathedral by the Archbishop Of Co.
logne, according to the elaborate ritua
set out in the fOI,tiRcnic f,Omd,,,,D,
The ceremony was very long, mary
psalms being chantcd by the clergy
and choirsters while tho bell was being
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Il UGUSI,

August. month when summer lies
Sleeping under sapphire skies:
Drink tho orchards fragrant tide
Breath OF grass at morning mown
Through the lcaiy vistas blown
Hear the clinking of the scythc
Sound lnellifluent and blithc.
August. month when everywhere
Music floats upon the air
From the harps of minstrel gales
Playing down the hills and dales;
August, month whom sloepy cows
Seek the shade of spreading boughs,
When the robin quirks his head
Contemplating cherries red;
August, month of twilights when
bay half goes and comes again:
August days arc guards who keep
Watch while summer lies asleep,
FrdHE Dempstcl' Sherman IL, 81. NicIoi,